RENEWAL is designed to offer hope and comfort to people suffering from mental health disorders or addiction disorders, and support to the people who love them. Our approach is based on respect for the dignity of the people we serve and the belief that through a faith-based program, life-changing results are possible.

RENEWAL: Christian Treatment and Recovery is an optional treatment supplement available through Brookhaven Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At Brookhaven, we understand that when you are suffering from an eating disorder, a personality disorder, a behavioral health disorder or chemical dependency, life can seem utterly hopeless. It can cause Christians to feel abandoned and distant from God. However, by strengthening your spirituality, in conjunction with our professional medical services, you can experience results that you never thought were possible.

RENEWAL is based on the belief in:

God who created us and loves us (Genesis 1:26)
Jesus Christ who redeems us (Isaiah 53:5)
The Holy Spirit who guides us (Acts 1:8)

When you participate in RENEWAL, you’re part of something much bigger than yourself. Brookhaven clients receive expert care from our team of mental professionals. Treatment is solution-focused and success-oriented. Our goal is to minimize symptoms, help individuals address life problems and live fulfilling lives. Sometimes healing requires a helping hand. We’re here to provide the guidance and support you need to recover.

Christian Care
The RENEWAL program at Brookhaven Hospital incorporates your faith into the recovery process in order to address your physical, mental and spiritual needs

Christian Drug Rehab
Our program provides a nurturing atmosphere that allows you to sober up and strengthen your bond with God.

PTSD Treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after a traumatic event. Without getting proper help it can be debilitating. Strengthening your faith can help you confront the past and form a brighter future.

Christian Healing
When you are part of the RENEWAL program, you are part of something bigger than yourself. You are part of a support system based on professional medical care as well as spiritual guidance.

Compulsive Overeating
When you suffer from compulsive overeating disorder, your meals and your life can seem out of control. Take a faith-based approach to your eating disorder treatment at RENEWAL.

Anorexia Treatment
Anorexia is characterized by the restriction of food intake and the refusal to maintain a healthy body weight. Without getting help, anorexia can be life-threatening.

Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Everyone experiences ups and downs, but when you’re suffering from bipolar disorder life can seem out of control. Brookhaven’s RENEWAL program incorporates your spirituality into an advanced behavioral health program.

OCD Treatment
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can fill your life with uncontrollable thoughts (obsessions) and rituals (compulsions) and stand in the way of relationships and your career.

Allegations of abuse of power within the church happen much more than we would like. We would all like to think all churches are perfect sanctuaries where all are safe. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. Abuse happens in all sorts of churches around the world for numerous reasons and the only way to stop it is to educate congregations about how spiritual abuse occurs and what it looks like.

As I’ve discussed before, one of the biggest supporting factors of spiritual abuse is the power of the institution. We place huge amounts of trust upon our religious leaders because they wield a large amount of power. As believers, we also believe and trust in the church, and the leaders of the church are the human face of the institution.

Because of the trust between the congregation and its leaders, many victims are unaware they are even being abused when it occurs. They feel slighted and hurt, but the belief that these leaders are always in the right makes it hard to see the abuse as it is happening. Some don’t even understand exactly what spiritual abuse is.

As noted Christian Psychologist and director of the Master’s counseling program at Biblical Seminary Phil Monroe defines it, spiritual abuse is the use of faith, belief, or religious practices to coerce, control, or damage others against their well-being. It comes in many forms from passive neglect to direct and intentional harm. Monroe offers a list of examples:

Refusing to provide pastoral care to women on the basis of gender alone

Binding conscience on matters that are in the realm of Christian freedom

Using threats to maintain control of another

Using deceptive language to coerce into sexual activity

Denying the right to divorce despite having the grounds to do so

Not only do these actions severely hurt and damage the victim’s individual relationship with their faith and religion, the way these events have often been handled hurt the church. The deceptive nature of spiritual abuse combined with the high level of trust with church leaders prevents members of congregation from seeing even some of the most obvious signs and often protects leaders from seeing real repercussions.

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